THERMOSTABLE PURIFIED ENDOGLUCANASES FROM THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM ACIDOTHERMUS CELLULOLYTICUS

摘要

The invention relates to an endoglucanase I of cellulase enzyme and purified low molecular weight obtained from the Acidothermus cellulolyticus (ATCC 43068). This enzyme is water soluble, possesses both C1 and Cx types of enzyme activity, and a high degree of stability to heat, and exhibits optimum activity at temperatures of about 80 ° C to pH levels of about 2 to about 9 and an inactivation temperature of about 110 ° C at pH levels of about 2 to about 9.